The Cirrus Chronicles
Broken Sky
"A coming-of-age thriller set against a sci-fi backdrop, with top-notch worldbuilding and wormhole technology." - Reedsy Discovery
A midnight fire in a Louisiana refinery seems like an unfortunate accident, until the fuel tanks of a dozen distant
aircraft burst into flame at the same moment and expose a secret technology that blurs the lines between time, space,
dreams, and memory.
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Sixteen-year-old Jack Scatter lives far from the chaos, on Cirrus, a colossal space station with endless skies,
pristine waters, and artificial mountains. Haunted by a recurring dream of fire and shadowy voices, he stumbles upon
a downed military drone carrying forbidden cargo and becomes a target of the ruthless corporation determined to profit
from Earth’s demise.
Elsewhere on Cirrus, Sarah Rogers, a bright and determined student, answers Jack’s distress call. Using her access to
a network of surveillance drones, she helps him uncover a conspiracy that endangers both worlds. Together, she and Jack
must risk everything to unravel the mystery, unmask the man behind the scheme, and prevent an apocalypse.
Set in the late twenty-first century, BROKEN SKY is a YA science-fiction adventure, the first of a trilogy where magic
increasingly replaces technology, and genetically engineered dragons have political ambitions.
"John Harvey's BROKEN SKY is a terrific, action packed YA novel that is imaginative, carefully structured and driven by entertaining characters. A winning start to ‘The Chronicles of Cirrus’ series." - IndieReader
Blue Spell
"John Harvey’s BLUE SPELL is an action-packed, multi-layered story that excels at merging hard science fiction, mystery, and YA romance into a page-turning futuristic thriller." - IndieReader
There’s no such thing as magic. But that doesn’t mean we can’t use it.
Jack Scatter knows that the mysterious force he wields has a technological source,
and so does the man who’s trying to kill him. But he’ll need to tame dragons—both real and psychological—to
harness that power to save himself and two worlds.
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Jack and Sarah should be in high school, enjoying their senior year. Instead, an apocalyptic event interrupts their summer
vacation and leaves Cirrus—the world-sized space station they live on—without phones, internet, or transportation.
Sarah gains the ability to see the future. Jack gets a magic wand and an arch-enemy who can control people’s thoughts.
Wormholes used to be as common in Jack’s world as electrical outlets in ours, until Pieter Reynard discovered
a way to destroy all the portal crystals on Earth and Cirrus at once. Now, Pieter has plans to rebuild those
crystals and cast himself as the hero of the recovery. But his crystals have a dark facet, and he’ll have
unlimited power and control unless Jack and his friends stop him.
To do that, they'll explore “magic” and create “spells”, and Jack will have to overcome his lifelong
anxiety in order to use Pieter’s talent for manipulation for a better purpose.
BLUE SPELL is a YA adventure that blends Science-Fiction and Fantasy.
"Epic teen SF adventure of wormholes, satellites, dragons, and friendship." - Booklife
Scattered
"Immersive conclusion to SF trilogy of dragons, conspiracy, and magic." - BookLife
Dragons on a space station?
That’s perfectly normal on Cirrus, a world-sized ring orbiting the sun opposite Earth, hidden from any telescope.
But then magic has become normal there too, as modern infrastructure fails in the aftermath of a technological apocalypse.
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The trilogy concludes with Jack and Sarah facing an old enemy. Danny Kou has returned to Cirrus with a powerful ally and a plan
to take over the station. While Jack and his friends were honing their magical skills with the goal of protecting their homes
and families, Danny found a shortcut: a device that controls the dragons. Because whoever rules them, rules Cirrus.
But the station’s genetically engineered dragons are more intelligent than anyone knows, even Danny. They have been learning
and communicating through a global Artificial Intelligence network for decades, and gained not only their own form of magic,
but a method for manipulating people’s memories.
Jack doesn’t want to control the dragons, but he can’t let Danny do it, either. Unfortunately, dragons—like people—don’t always
cooperate, and civil war looms on both worlds as enemies and allies race to recover the device while the dragons map out their
own future: one that may not include humans.
SCATTERED is a YA adventure that spans two worlds and blends science-fiction and fantasy.
"John Harvey's SCATTERED stands alone as a unique and magical adventure reminiscent of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series." - IndieReader
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About the Author
John Harvey is a First Nations author from Kelowna, British Columbia. He trained as an Electronic Engineering Technologist and worked for decades in Information Technology and Healthcare Support Services before turning to writing and freelance editing.
He writes mostly science-fiction and fantasy.
The Cirrus Chronicles is also available on Overdrive.
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